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The Blues Summit celebrates 22 years on the air in 2015!

Don’t miss the Blues Summit. The best of the blues from the 1920’s to the latest releases, including interviews with the biggest stars and up ‘n comers! Tell your blues friends around the world they can catch the show every Wednesday, 6-9 pm eastern with WMWV’s live stream. Click on the big button to the right!

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Steve Salter at the grave of John Henry Barbee, Restvale Cemetary, Chicago.

Steve Salter of Killer Blues is on a mission to place headstones on the graves of forgotten Blues musicians. He has been an interview guest on the Blues Summit, telling us how funds raised through the sale of “Buried In The Blues” calendars go to the cause. His latest headstone was placed in Chicago at the site of Bluesman John Henry Barbee.

Also, thanks to Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records, Emery “Detroit Jr.” Williams Jr. has a headstone too. This will be featured in the 2011 calendar available October 1st!

The Blues Summit gets all of our birth and death information from the “Buried In The Blues” calendar. You can support Steve’s project by purchasing one, or “The Blues In Me” original art work. They would make a great holiday gift for that Blues lover on your list! To learn more, click here.

It was a rockin’ good way to start the Labor Day Weekend! The Swamp Blues of Blind Pig Records artist, Louisiana’s Kenny Neal was a GREAT show!!

The Kenny Neal Bandfrom Louisiana performed at the Theater In the Wood, Friday, before a small but totally appreciative audience! Said Kenny, “Sometimes the small shows turn out to be the best!” Amen to that!!!

Since Kenny is of the Baton Rouge Neals, an incredibly musical lot, brought up musically by the their dad, harmonica blues legend, the late Raful Neal, he was joined on stage by two brothers, Frederick on piano & Darnell on bass.

Hard to believe it’s been 20 years this past Friday, since August 27, 1990, when SRV tragically died in a helicoter crash after a concert at Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin. It’s one of those “where were you when” moments in life. Like JFK, MLK, RFK or John Lennon. I was pumping gas at Roy’s Sunoco […]

More hot blues for a summer evening! The Blues Summit has received a TON o’ new releases! Including The Steve Miller Band’s 1st studio release in 17 years, BINGO! It all blues covers & features the late Norton Buffalo on harp. Click here to check out a couple of tracks. Had a chance to see […]